Genome of the avirulent human-infective trypanosome--Trypanosoma rangeli.

• Main Authors: Patrícia Hermes Stoco (Author), Glauber Wagner (Author), Carlos Talavera-Lopez (Author), Alexandra Gerber (Author), Arnaldo Zaha (Author), Claudia Elizabeth Thompson (Author), Daniella Castanheira Bartholomeu (Author), Débora Denardin Lückemeyer (Author), Diana Bahia (Author), Elgion Loreto (Author), Elisa Beatriz Prestes (Author), Fábio Mitsuo Lima (Author), Gabriela Rodrigues-Luiz (Author), Gustavo Adolfo Vallejo (Author), José Franco da Silveira Filho (Author), Sérgio Schenkman (Author), Karina Mariante Monteiro (Author), Kevin Morris Tyler (Author), Luiz Gonzaga Paula de Almeida (Author), Mauro Freitas Ortiz (Author), Miguel Angel Chiurillo (Author), Milene Höehr de Moraes (Author), Oberdan de Lima Cunha (Author), Rondon Mendonça-Neto (Author), Rosane Silva (Author), Santuza Maria Ribeiro Teixeira (Author), Silvane Maria Fonseca Murta (Author), Thais Cristine Marques Sincero (Author), Tiago Antonio de Oliveira Mendes (Author), Turán Peter Urmenyi (Author), Viviane Grazielle Silva (Author), Wanderson Duarte DaRocha (Author), Björn Andersson (Author), Alvaro José Romanha (Author), Mário Steindel (Author), Ana Tereza Ribeiro de Vasconcelos (Author), Edmundo Carlos Grisard (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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Trypanosoma rangeli is a hemoflagellate protozoan parasite infecting humans and other wild and domestic mammals across Central and South America. It does not cause human disease, but it can be mistaken for the etiologic agent of Chagas disease, Trypanosoma cruzi. We have sequenced the T. rangeli gen...